Using wireless sensor networks for aged care: The patient's perspective

2006 Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops, PervasiveHealth

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Steele, Robert ^a   Secombe, Chris ^a   Brookes, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Health care; Patient monitoring; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

GERIATRICS; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSOR NODES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CONTROL MEASURES; CURRENT SENSORS; ELDERLY PEOPLE; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; USER ACCEPTANCE;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 50249141254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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